Emily Dickinson Lexicon

IR-RE-COV'ER-A-BLE, a. [in and recoverable.]

1. Not to be recovered or repaired; as, an irrecoverable loss.
2. That can not be regained. Time past is irrecoverable. Rogers.
3. That can not be obtained by demand or suit; as a debt. Franklin.
4. Not be remedied; as, irrecoverable misery. Tillotson.

IR-RE-COV'ER-A-BLE-NESS, n.

The state of being irrecoverable. Donne.

IR-RE-COV'ER-A-BLY, adv.

1. Beyond recovery; beyond the possibility of being regained, repaired or remedied. Happiness may be irrecoverably lost.
2. Beyond the possibility of being reclaimed. A profligate may be irrecoverably abandoned to vice.

IR-RE-CU'PER-A-BLE, a. [L. in and recupero, to recover.]

Irrecoverable. [Not used.]

IR-RE-CU'PER-A-BLY, adv.

Irrecoverably. [Not used.]

IR-RE-CU'SA-BLE, a. [in and Fr. recusable.]

Not liable to exception.

IR-RE-DEEM'A-BLE, a. [in and redeemable.]

1. That can not be redeemed.
2. Not subject to be paid at the pleasure of government; as, irredeemable debts; irredeemable certificates or stock. Hamilton. Smollett.

IR-RE-DEEM'A-BLE-NESS, or IR-RE-DEEM-A-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of being not redeemable.

IR-RE-DU'CI-BLE, a. [in and reducible.]

1. Not to be reduced; that can not be brought back to a former state.
2. That can not be reduced or changed to a different state; as, corpuscles of air irreducible into water. Boyle.

IR-RE-DU'CI-BLE-NESS, n.

The quality of being irreducible.

IR-RE-DU'CI-BLY, adv.

In a manner not reducible.

IR-RE-FLECT'IVE, a.

Not reflective. Whewell.

IR-RE-FRA'GA-BLE, a. [in and refragable, L. refragor; re and the root of frango, to break.]

That can not be refuted or overthrown; incontestable; undeniable; as, an irrefragable argument; irrefragable reason or evidence. Atterbury. Swift.

IR-RE-FRA'GA-BLE-NESS, or IR-RE-FRA-GA-BIL'I-TY, n.

The quality of being irrefragable or incapable of refutation.

IR-RE-FRA'GA-BLY, adv.

With force or strength that can not be overthrown; with certainty beyond refutation. We say, the point in debate was irrefragably proved.

IR-REF'U-TA-BLE, a. [Low L. irrefutabilis. See Refute.]

That can not be refuted or disproved. Bp. Hall.

IR-REF'U-TA-BLY, adv.

Beyond the possibility of refutation. Romeyn.

IR-RE-GEN'ER-A-CY, n.

Unregeneracy. J. M. Mason.

IR-RE-GEN'ER-A-TION, n.

An unregenerate state. [Bad.]

IR-REG'U-LAR, a. [Fr. irregulier; L. irregularis; in and regularis, regula. See Regular.]

1. Not regular; not according to common form or rules; as, an irregular building or fortification.
2. Not according to established principles or customs; deviating from usage; as, the irregular proceedings of a legislative body.
3. Not conformable to nature or the usual operation of natural laws; as, an irregular action of the heart and arteries.
4. Not according to the rules of art; immethodical; as, irregular verse; an irregular discourse.
5. Not in conformity to laws, human or divine; deviating from the rules of moral rectitude; vicious; as, irregular conduct or propensities.
6. Not straight; as, an irregular line or course.
7. Not uniform; as, irregular motion.
8. In grammar, an irregular noun or verb is one which deviates from the common rules in its inflections.

IR-REG'U-LAR, n.

A soldier not in regular service. Kent.

IR-REG'U-LAR-IST, n.

One who is irregular.

IR-REG-U-LAR'I-TY, n. [Fr. irregularité.]

1. Deviation from a straight line or from any common or established rule; deviation from method or order; as, the irregularity of proceedings.
2. Deviation from law, human or divine, or from moral rectitude; inordinate practice; vice. It is a favorable symptom when a profligate man becomes ashamed of his irregularities.

IR-REG'U-LAR-LY, adv.

Without rule, method or order.

IR-REG'U-LATE, v.t.

To make irregular; to disorder. [Not in use.] Brown.